traumatize

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Both instances are deeply traumatizing and lead to mistrust of the police.

From Salon

“They captured pain, lust, fear, empathy, and rage for us. Some of us were so numb and traumatized that we couldn’t access our own.”

From Washington Post

Carroll has described being traumatized by the alleged attack, then further victimized after she publicly accused Trump in 2019 and he called her a liar.

From Washington Post

The institute, a popular escape for celebrities and Silicon Valley executives, proclaims to be a meditation sanctuary, but Evans’ lawyers said she experienced “one of the most humiliating and traumatizing experiences of her life.”

From Los Angeles Times

The mass killing of a family in their home was the latest act of retaliatory gun violence to traumatize an American community.

From Washington Post